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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-1306
CVE-2025-1306:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Newscrunch theme for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 1.8.4. The vulnerability was discovered by Gibran Abdillah and was disclosed on March 3, 2025 (NVD, Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the newscrunchinstallandactivateplugin() function. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating a severe security risk (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files through forged requests if they can trick a site administrator into performing specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. This could potentially lead to remote code execution on affected WordPress installations (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Website administrators running the Newscrunch WordPress theme should upgrade to version 1.8.4.1 or later, which contains the security fix for this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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